New Ulm weekly review., 1887-09-07
MINI EsOTA NEWS.
MINNEsOTA,ss GREAT SHOW.

MIsSEsoTA,s GREAT SHOW.
Some Of the Many Features that will Attract the
People Of the Northwest to the State Fair.
At the request of the various labor or
ganizations Of st. Parll and Minneapolis,
President Merriam has changed the date
OF Workingmen's day at the state fair
from Tuesday, the 18th, to Saturday, the
17th the last day. This was done to give
the men employed in the factories, mills,
shops and wholesale houses an op-
lportunity to take their families to
see the great sham battle on that day.
I Supt. Bushnell has secured three first
class bands to lead the big procession of
nesday, Sept. IA. The entries OF machin-
cry already made for this parade will make
q procession over g. mile long.
The most important entries of the week
were in the general race for ass, ,OOOpurse,
Johnston, the great PAGER, and Harry
Wilkes the trotter, having come to the
| front for that money Wilkes will trot in
capped by pulling road wagon.
Supt Cross, who has just returned from
Freeport, Ill, secured a number of the
best goers, all of whom can do the mile in
| better than 2:2O. Mr.. Cross says all the
races will fill before the fair opens, and the
sporting events will be the greatest ever
| seen in the state.
There are now about one hundred and
| fifty horses on the fair grounds. There are
about twenty PAGERS, some OF them with
records as low as 2:14. OF the trotters
there are several 2:18 and 2:2O horses,
! and dozens who can do a mile in 23O or
| better.
For the benefit of those who will be able
to spend but one or two days at the state
fair, a brief programme or outline of the
exercises as they will occur on the different
| days is here presented. The details can
| not yet be given, but enough appears to
enable one to select his day with a view of
| gratifying his individual pleasure.
Friday, Sept. 9.-Trotting and pacing
races by Minnesota breeders. foals OF 'S2,
/ '85, and '86, aud running races.
Saturday, Sept. lO.-Minnesota breed
ers' stallion three minute and Minnesota
three-year-old and six-year-old trotting
| for breeders stakes.
Monday, Sept. IA 2:3O pacing race
| for Minnesota horses, breeders trotting
races, foals OF 's3; freefor all Mime
| sofa stations and special drumming races:
Tuesday, Sept. 1920 pacing race
2:30 trotting race for Minnesota horses,
| and breeders stakes for foals, 2:S2; 800
guaranteed stake race for purse OF So. 500.
| Wednesday, Sept. .14.-Minnesota Farm
ers' day; great machinery parade; tree-ior-
all pacing race for 81, 600 PURSE 2:22 trot-
ting race for guaranteed stake OF SO, 500;
| 2:4O trotting race and running races.
Thursday, Sept. l5-St. Paul day; 2:25
| pacing race; 2:25 trotting race; 2:3O guar.
| anteed stake race for 50, 500, and running
| races.
Friday. Sept. 16-Minneapolis day; 2:1S
| trotting race; special match pacing race
between Mike Wilkes, record 2:16 and Jew
la%% o. s., L.,
driven by their owners; grand special race
| for So, 900 between Harry Wilkes, the trot-
ter, to sulky, and Johnston, the PAGER, to
road wagon.
Saturday, Sept. 17-Grand Army day;
sham battle fought by over three thousand
old soldiers; special prize drills by crack
| military companies OF the state.
On Thursday and Friday there will be
auction sales OF blooded stock. Col. j. A.
Mann will conduct the sale.
| ''Blinky'' Morgan, the burglar who is
now in Jail at Ravenna, Ohio for murder
| ing Detective Hulligan, and who while be-
! ing captured at Alpena, Mich short
| time since, fatally shot Sheriff Lynch, has
been Indicated in Michigan for robbing the
Oceana county. This is the crime for which
! Morgan was impris oned when he broke
from the Grand Rapids Jail. The circum-
/ stances surrounding his escape from that
jail are shroudad in mystery.
/ On and after Sept. 1 the price of 1000
4 mile tickets over the Northern Pacific (east
Of the Missouri river) and on the Manito-
ba roads will be reduced from $50 to $25.
Henry s. Anderson. OF Sexton, Ark, has
/ been convicted OF six separate offenses
| against the pension laws.
The legislature convened in extra session
at Helena, Montana. The session was
called principally to consider thequestion
OF repeating the bounty law and amending
the revenue law passed at the last regular
| session.
Charles Dickens, the son OF the great
! novelist. is expee ted to arrive in this
1 country about the middle OF October. He
! will visit nearly all the principal cities and
| read selections from his fathers works.
The steamer A. G. R opes arrived in Ta
coma thirty-one days out from Yokoha,
ma, with the elargest cargo oftea ever landed
on the Pacific coast. The cargo comprises
45, 725 packages. enough to make IT'S cal
loads. 1t viii be shipped on special freight
trains over the Northern Pacific, and will
! make ten train loads. The bulk OF the
tea is CONSUMED to Chicago and New York,
] but over 1000 packages are destined
to ST. Paul and 8,171 packages are con
signed to Montreal, Ottawa and other
Canadian points.
| At Levanna, Ohio, a fire destroyed the
large steam saw mill OF Pritchard & Kill
patrick. The loss is 100000.
Two men belonging to a gang OF bridge
builders near Chadron, Neb., attempted ro
force their way into the house OF a Mrs
Bolts. She shot both OF them.
It IS stated on good authority that
Henry Georges friends have subscribed
/ $15, ,OCO for the establishment OF an even.
ing paper to be called the Evening Stand
ard.
/ Pensions have been issued to North.
westerners as follows: Minnesota Orig
inal invalid: Thomas Staley, Royalton
julius II. Walker, York; Shedrack A. Hall
Woodlake; John Reim Herman. In
crease: Lewis Pierson. ST. Paul; Chas
Credet. Hawley. Nebraska-O Original i'll
valid: Chas. G. Evans, Stockham; Bar
ney II. Reipe, Fontalle; Henry c. Williams,